Improvement in rein-holders for carriages



L. D. HOWARD.

Improvement in Rein-Holders for Carriages.

Patented May 7,1872.

PATENT Orrron LEONARD D. HOWARD OF ST. JOHNSBURY, VERMONT.

IMPROVEMENT lN RElN-HOLDERS FOR CARRIAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 126,549, dated May 7,1872.

Specification describing a certain Improvement in Rein-Holders forCarriages, invented by LEONARD D. HOWARD, of St. Johnsbury, in thecounty of Caledonia and State of Vermont.

This invention is intended to be attached to the dasher of a carriageand to receive and hold the reins when the driver desires to lay themdown. It consists of a pair of serrated jaws pivoted to a plate andgeared together so so as to work in unison, and combined with springswhich cause them to gripe the reins.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 a horizontal section.

The jaws aforesaid consist of serrated plates a, which, at their upperand lower ends and inner sides, have lugs 0, through which pass pins 0,by means of which the jaws are pivoted to a plate, f, at their lowerends, and, at their upper ends, to the tops h of cases 1, that arefastened to the plate f and inclose the jaws. Onthe lower ends of thejaws a are cast serrated cams a, which engage with each other, causingthe jaws to move together. Inside the cases I are springs m wound aroundthe pins 0 and bearing on the jaws a, so as to press them outward. Theplate f has two spurs, j k, extending from its under side, by means ofwhich the plate is secured to the dasher, one spur passing to each sideof the same. When the reins are slipped between the jaws a the sameyield to receive them, and then close upon and hold them firmly, underthe action of the springs m. When the reins are removed the jaws flyoutward till they are stopped by the cams 15 00min g in contact with thecases I, and stand inclined inward a narrow space being left betweentheir edges, ready to again receive the reins.

1 claim as my invention- The rein-holder herein described, consisting ofthe plate f, serrated jaws a, toothed cams 6, cases I, and spurs j k,arranged as specified.

LEONARD D. HOWARD.

Witnesses:

A. G. CHADWICK, A. M. OHADwIoK.

